Once Guan Kong broke through the fog of the Heavenly Dao, the identity of the person who conferred the gods could no longer be concealed.
At this moment, although that person was still gathering great fortune, his destiny was already set. In the future, he would surely be able to grant divine pardon and establish a great achievement in the human world.
According to his calculations, this person will either become a disciple of Buddhism or a member of the Jie Sect in the future.
If he were to join the Jie Sect and become a disciple, that would be fine, since the Jie Sect and Taoism had already formed an alliance during this calamity.
There's no difference between him joining the Jie Sect and joining the Taoism.
However, if he were to join Buddhism, it would be a bit troublesome. Given his own luck and destiny, if he joined Buddhism, he would surely bring a lot of good fortune to Buddhism.
Buddhism, which was originally facing the threat of extinction, may have a glimmer of hope in the future because of this person.
So he took a jade talisman, sealed the person's information inside it, and ordered the Red Jade Boy to go to Yu Yu Tian and deliver it to the Tongtian Sect Leader.
After reading the contents of the jade talisman, the Tongtian Sect Leader went directly to the mortal realm and settled down at Biyou Palace on Jin'ao Island in the East Sea.
Not long after, he gained another disciple named Xu Shilin.
Xu Shilin was of extraordinary birth. His mother, Bai Suzhen, was a snake demon and a disciple of the Wudang Holy Mother of the Jie Sect.
His father was named Xu Xian, who appeared to be just an ordinary person, but in reality, he was the reincarnation of a Buddhist Arhat...
After the Investiture of the Gods, the Jie Sect, which had attracted countless immortals, was destroyed. Several of the disciples under the Tongtian Sect Leader were either captured or perished and then listed on the Investiture of the Gods.
However, one of her direct disciples survived in the end, and that was the Holy Mother of Wudang.
After narrowly escaping death, he adopted the name Lishan Laomu, and Bai Suzhen was her disciple.
Bai Suzhen's true form was a white snake. Before she entered the Dao, she was captured by someone and was about to die at that person's hands, but she was rescued and released by a shepherd boy.
She was already intelligent at that time, and after being rescued, she made a vow in her heart to repay the kindness of the shepherd boy.
Unfortunately, by the time she achieved her cultivation goal, thousands of years had passed, and the shepherd boy had already reincarnated countless times.
Because of her vow, she eventually needed to go down the mountain to settle her karmic debt with the shepherd boy. Even if the shepherd boy had already entered reincarnation, finding his reincarnation to repay her kindness would also settle the karmic debt.
So, after obtaining permission from the Old Mother of Lishan, she went down the mountain. After some divination, she and her younger sister Xiaoqing arrived in Hangzhou and found the reincarnation of the shepherd boy at the Broken Bridge of West Lake.
This young man is named Xu Xian. Although he is just a scholar without official rank, his past life was extraordinary.
He was a golden Arhat in the Leiyin Temple of Lingshan. He should have been killed because of some mistakes, but after Guanyin Bodhisattva pleaded for him, he was spared the punishment of being distracted.
His Buddhist cultivation was merely sealed, and he was banished to the human realm to undergo tribulations and perform acts of merit to atone for his sins...
After several reincarnations, he was reborn as Xu Xian in his tenth life.
After Bai Suzhen found Xu Xian, although she did not know Xu Xian's true origin, she also discovered that she was already destined for marriage.
Little did they know, the Old Man of the Moon had tied the red thread between them.
She didn't feel anything was wrong; since marriage was preordained, she naturally had to act in accordance with fate.
We were just husband and wife for one lifetime.
Xu Xian was ultimately a mortal with a limited lifespan.
Even if they become husband and wife, she will naturally gain her freedom after Xu Xian dies. At that time, all grudges and karma will be resolved, and she can return to the mountain to cultivate Taoism.
So, not long after they met, the two got married.
With the help of Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing, Xu Xian quickly became a renowned doctor.
She later became pregnant.
As a reincarnation of an Arhat, Xu Xian is destined to regain his magical powers in this life, but before that, he needs to successfully pass the tests of Buddhism.
After all, to regain the Arhat state, one needs to cultivate a Buddha-like heart, identify with Buddhism, take refuge in Buddhism, and comprehend the profound meaning of Buddhism.
The one who set up the test was naturally a Buddhist monk named Fahai, who was about to become an Arhat. He was the abbot of Jinshan Temple outside Hangzhou and possessed great supernatural powers to subdue demons and monsters.
When he was preparing to convert Xu Xian back to Buddhism, he discovered the existence of Bai Suzhen.
He naturally couldn't bear to see a golden Arhat of the future Mount Ling troubled by love, especially since the woman was a snake demon.
Bai Suzhen had not yet repaid her debt of gratitude, nor had she resolved her karmic debts. She would not stand idly by and watch Fahai lead Xu Xian into Buddhism.
The conflict arose from this, and subsequently evolved into a complex and bizarre tale of love, hate, and revenge.
After several battles, Bai Suzhen was eventually imprisoned under Leifeng Pagoda, while Xu Xian was converted to Buddhism and began practicing under Fahai at Jinshan Temple.
Before Bai Suzhen was suppressed, she gave birth to a son, Xu Shilin.
He was raised by Xu Xian's sister from a young age. Because he was blessed by the God of Literature, he was intelligent and studious from childhood. After studying, he went all the way from a scholar to the top scholar in the imperial examination.
Later, after going through many hardships, they rescued Bai Suzhen from under Leifeng Pagoda, thinking that they could finally reunite as a family and enjoy a happy life together.
Little did they know that after so many years of Buddhist teachings, Xu Xian had already deeply cultivated his Buddhist nature, regained his Buddhist cultivation from his previous life, and once again became a golden Arhat.
Bai Suzhen, having been imprisoned under Leifeng Pagoda for so many years because of Xu Xian, can be considered to have repaid her debt of gratitude.
The couple's marriage had come to an end.
After Xu Shilin rescued Bai Suzhen, Xu Xian returned directly to Mount Ling, while Bai Suzhen went to Mount Qingcheng to continue her cultivation under the guidance of her teacher, the Old Mother of Mount Li.
As for Xu Shilin, he went to serve as an official in the imperial court.
However, at this time, the court was filled with treacherous officials. He was upright and incorruptible, and he cared deeply for the people. He was a rare good official in the Song Dynasty who was honest, clean, and law-abiding.
But the more upright he was, the more out of place he became with the corrupt and chaotic atmosphere of the imperial court.
He served as an official in the court for only two years before being demoted from the capital to a remote prefecture because he had offended too many of his colleagues.
As a result, on his way to take up his post, he was found by the Tongtian Sect Leader and immediately became his disciple, following him to Biyou Palace to cultivate.
And so, without the knowledge of the other saints, the Tongtian Sect Leader took the future chosen one, destined to rule the gods, into his fold...
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Chang'an City.
At this moment, King Zhao Xi of Qin was leading a troop of personal guards on horseback, galloping wildly towards the outskirts of the city.
These days, he was bored in the palace and planned to go hunting and traveling in the Zhongnan Mountains outside the city.
Soon, the group ventured deep into the mountains, shooting arrows along the way and capturing quite a few prey.
Just as the King of Qin was preparing to return to the city with his men and prey, he was not yet out of the mountains when a foul wind suddenly rose ahead, and then a tiger demon rushed out of a forest...
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